High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Run the World" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez for her seventh studio album Love? (2011). Written and produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, "Run the World" was one of several songs recorded with the duo following Lopez`s move from Epic Records to Island Records. The track originally featured vocals from The-Dream and a rap verse from American rapper Rick Ross however, the rap verse was removed during mastering process and The-Dream was credited with background vocals instead.